This week, here are 50 things you might not know about 11 Disney films from the company's middle period, starting with Golden-Era classics like "Lady and the Tramp" and "Sleeping Beauty" and working through "The Great Mouse Detective" and "Oliver & Company," which ushered in a new world of computer animation.

The "middle years" was the glory time when the vision of Walt Disney
came to fruition and inspired children. The modern years are fraught with a
"darker vision" with more edgy themes that upset such as Roy Disney who
attempted to bring it to a halt but failed. There was even a spin off of a
company with a "winged horse" symbol which secretly made
"controversial" films under the Disney banner.